The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

IA, Jonn hobuck found a well-pre-
served oak box. which, when opened,
was found to contain 81, 260 in gold
and silver
"A man fishing on the Kinchefoone
Greek, in Georgia, got bite and saw
his cork go down like shot. He be-
gan pulling in, but had to call for help,
and landed turtle weighing 200
pounds.
"A hive of bees was found under a
cornice that was being repaired last.
week on house in Salem, Mass. and
after the insects had been smothered y.
store of honey amounting to tub and
o half was secured.
-Mamma-'Now, BERTHE, / want.
you to tell me the truth and not 60
around Robin Hoods barn" Berthe
al amt been around Mr.. Hoods barn.
1t was Mr.. James. How did you
know?n
The winds which heretofore have
blown out the lamps in lighthouses are
to be utilized to keep them burning
An enormous windmill will be put up
on the cliff of st. Adresse. near Havre,
to furnish power to electric accumula-
tors. for use in lighthouses or elsewhere.
Three girls of Aroostook, Me-,
walked from Ashland to Portage lake,
rowed across the lake, ate their dinner
and returned to Ashland in the after
noon. having travelled eighteen miles.
The same girls can travel on snow
shoes, ride horses, milk. teach school
and play the piano.
"A st. Louis voodoo doctor got q
sum of money from a cOlored woman.
promising to cure her sick child. He
went for medicine but did not return.
The woman hunted him up and held
hickory club over his head until she
could send for policeman and secure
bis arrest.
"A cat belonging to Scranton, Pa.
man is extravagantly fond of organ
and guitar music, but if her master
play on the violin she will dart at him
as if seized with fit, scratch him
viciously and squall as though in great
pain. AS soon rs he lays the violin
down she will trot up to him, rub her
head and back lovingly against his
ankles and purr contentedly.
The following is a list of the heay-
lest hammers in Europe from an his
tOrical point of view: FIR Krupp,
Essen, 1868. forty tons; Terni Works,
Italy, 1878, fifty tons; Creusot, France,
1887, eighty tons; Cockeril!. Belgium.
1885, one hundred tons; Fr. Krupp,
Essen, 1886, one hundred and fifty tons.
The last is now the heaviest steam
hammer in the world.
The carrying capacity of railway
car of ten tons has been figured on by
somebody. who gives this as results:
Wheat, $40 bushels; corn. 400 bushels,
potatoes, 430 bushels; apples, $40 BUSH
els; oats, $50 bushels; lumber, 5000
feet; butter. 10000 pounds; -four, so,
barrels; whisky, 60 barrels; wood, six
cords; cattle, IS to 90 head; hogs, so to-
50 head, and sheep, 80 to 100
AT a funeral the other day at
Colona, Ia, it was noticed that the
face of the dead was covered with per-
spiration, and, although wiped away
by the undertaken. large drops of
moisture soon gathered again. Tho
body was buried, however, and now
many residents of the town assert their
belief that the supposed dead man was
buried alive.
Omaha Teacher-'Did you all give
attention to the story OF David and CO.
IiahP" Class-"Yes' '.Now. why
did that contest take place." Little
girl-"So the big armies wouldn't have
to fight and SO many get killed." Cor
rect. Now, why was it that youth
like David was able to conquer a giant
like GOLIATH" Little boy (recently
from Boston)-"' Cause they didn't
fight 'cordin' to Queens5erry rules
Omaha World.
"A young man named Doring. who
was shot at West Troy, N. Y, few
days ago. visited church in Troy re-
Gently and there heard friend sing a
solo, of which he thought SO well that
at the close of the services he said to-
his friend in jest Il wish you would
sing 4 solo at my funeral II will.''
said the friend. At the funeral of Mr..
DOring the musical service comprised
n single solo. 1t was sung by the
friend, who thus redeemed his promise.
Doring was shot by policeman, who
mistook him for robber.
There is in Griffin, Ga, a small,
fat child of remarkable gravity Of de-
meanor and of an investigating turn Of
mind. The other day he climbed to the
cow-catcher of a locomotive, and then,
when it was in motion, fell Off With
rare presence of mind he lay perfectly
still until the entire train had passed
over him. The experience pleased
him, and the next day he went down to
the depot, and. unseen by the engineer,
Law down on the track and waited
there until the train passed over him.
He is now pining in the seclusionO of the
parental backyard.
In collection of statistics on long
evity recently published in the Boston
Globe. it appears that by far the greater
number of the old people of New En-.
gland are farmers. Indeed they number
almost as many as all other men on the,
list. Those named are eighty years old
or more, and the number of farmers
who have attained this advanced age,
20 l61 while the carDenters who conn.